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13411564 No.13411564 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any other books that everyone either considers it a masterpiece or garbage with no in betweens?

>> No.13411724

>>13411564
Catcher in the rye or Great Gatsby come to mind

>> No.13411761

Finnegan’s wake
The alchemist

>> No.13411767

>>13411564
The Bible

>> No.13411899

my diary

>> No.13411926

>>13411761
this post hurt

>> No.13413390

Catch 22 still holds the record for most times I've laughed aloud at a books joke. Saying that, I never finished it because the same joke kept getting repeated.

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13413399

It's either the peak of literature or the most pseudo book out there

>> No.13413421

>>13413399
It's an experimental masterpiece

>> No.13413502

Infinite jest
>>13411564
garbage
disagree with this, I've met people who were indifferent
>>13411724
both are okay, I wouldn't consider them masterpieces or garbage
>>13411761
>Finn
masterpiece
>Alchemist
garbage
agree with both of these
>>13411767
indifferent
>>13413399
overrated, Finn was better

>> No.13413524

>>13413502
Fuck off retard

>> No.13413533

>>13413524
haha u rekt me so hard desu senpai!!!!

>> No.13413549

>>13411564
GR

>> No.13413553

>>13413399
i didn't like it very much, didn't fininish it (15 out of 18 episodes and theni gave up and got back to reading books i truly enjoy).
it was my second attempt, first time got halfway through the book but didn't notice the commentary in the end so i barely understood anything

>> No.13413555

test post

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13413586

This maybe? At least for me, fucking hate to have to stop every two sentences to look up the meaning Of a word.
Maybe someone can explain to me the purpose of that cus i dont get it yet.

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13414311

Prove me wrong. Oh wait, you can't.

>> No.13414488

Catcher in the Rye

>> No.13414546

>>13413586
>he didn't grow up with both English and a Slavic language spoken in the house
A Clockwork Orange was some of the most fun I've had reading a book, not just because of Nadsat but because of Alex's run on sentences and the generally chaotic prose, although Nadsat was a big part of it. I can't imagine what the appeal is if you don't immediately know what malenky means

>> No.13415427

>>13413390
almost like monotony is a major theme of the book

>> No.13416347

>>13414311
this, I've only ever met people who either saw the light and consider it a masterpiece or missed the point entirely and ended up dismissing it as garbage

>> No.13417510

>>13413502
This guy is by far the most unoriginal /lit/ poster I've ever seen.

>> No.13417689

>>13417510
I can think of one other poster that's less original, you can find his comment here: >>13417510

>> No.13417719

>>13417689
Good god hes still goin! Look at him!

>> No.13417750

I didn't think it was either of those things. It was repetitious and I didn't really care for the characters but still fun to read and with some interesting ideas. I think most of these "extreme opinions" come from really vocal assholes with specific views on what literature should be with very little room for ambiguity (AKA, your average /lit/ poster).

>> No.13417759

>>13413502
>infinite jest
No masterpiece, but pretty decent. Totally btfod you, bro

>> No.13417765

>>13413549
Sham E on you

>> No.13417770

>>13411564
Great Expectations

>> No.13417870

>>13417759
I personally fall into neither camp, but /lit/ is extremely bipolar about IJ, so it's a valid post